1973 Israel 1 Agora KM# 24.1, KM# 24.3

Many years ago, my parents scrimped and saved money to visit the "Holy Land" as they called it. They really enjoyed their trip and came back with a few mementos, including this coin.

The coin is stamped from aluminum and has lovely scalloped edges. It is very lightweight, at only 1 gram.

The obverse (front) has a lovely depiction of three ears of barley, along with lettering in both Arabic and Hebrew writing that reads "Israel."

The reverse (back) of the coin features a large numeral "1" and the denomination "Agora" underneath. At the bottom of the coin is the year of minting (in Hebraic numerals), which is 5733 in the Jewish calendar and 1973 in the Western calendar.

The value of this coin is quite small, only having a collector-value of USD $0.13 – $0.26 if the coin is in VF or XF condition.

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SOURCES
   1 Numista.com: 1 Agora

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16-Jan-2020



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I am sure it was much more valuable to them!!!😀

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I love little remembrances like that and you just cannot put a price on that. I always laugh when I get an aluminum coin, it feels like play money, but, they are not very popular (as far as manufacturing them, so they are quite fun when you do get one!)

Thank you for sharing the coin and the story with us!

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If Jude was here now he would be the first to announce that "he can read that" haha :)

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